In the past few years I've become more and more aware of the falsehood in the ever-repeated phrase; I haven't got time, I didn't have the time, etc. We all have the same amount of time, 24 hours every day. It would, of course, be more honest to say; this, that, or whatever, isn't/wasn't important enough to me to take the time necessary to occupy myself with it. This need not be negative, we set priorities all the time. Still, a little more awareness of this fact has helped me to see new areas in my life where I have the freedom to rearrange things; to realise how much I can actually determine myself. In short, to accept and appreciate my own freedom and responsibility.
Or, as those deep-thinking philosophers Mick and Keith put it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLNv0NChe3Y Francis On 1 Apr., 12:40, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > We know that time exists, at least for us, here, within our awareness, > unless you are one of those who deem time as an illusion. However, > even if time did not exist, one could watch a speck of dust fall and > measure that interval and perceive it as time but its existence is not > the point. Time is like a commodity which we use, trade and measure. > We can spend time, waste time, bide time, utilize time, consume time > and even do time, among the numerous applications of time. Aside from > the chronological measurement of time we also have the quality of time > where something can happen at the right or wrong time or you could > have the time of your life, what the Greeks called Kairos. Then there > is space time, time dilation, quantized time, relativistic and > Newtonian time etc. Time is something we tend to view as acquiring in > the form of accumulated time, as in I have a lot of time right now. > Personally I haven't had much time lately and haven't been able to > respond to many reply posts, so I think now might be the right time to > apologize to some of you, I guess you could say, in a timely manner. > Ordinarily I try to avoid time as much as possible and only get caught > up in it when interacting with someone else who lives by time, which > is as of late in a coordinated project. I rarely know what time it is > and if asked what time I want something done I usually reply, > "whatever time is good for you". Because I have mostly freed myself of > time constraints, I can sleep till I'm no longer tired, eat when I'm > hungry and simply beat my own drum. This is not easy within a society > that operates on global synchronicity. One could measure the > durability of something simply by observing the outcome through the > test of time. I don't really find much that stands the test of time > these days but ultimately the earth and all its wonder certainly has, > and sometimes love. The question is, do we really need time? Could > we live without it? This is something that has been the subject of > many philosophical discussions since, should I say?, the beginning of > time. If time has a beginning shouldn't it have an end? I guess it > does because we seem to confine ourselves within time segments and set > forth various rules of time management, living by the clock, not just > within a day but for some, every second, perhaps every millisecond > counts. Oops, I'm running out of time! lol > > So does time matter for you? How much are you affected by time? > > Please take time to answer, if you have the time and if you don't then > just make time. > > At least give me the time of day! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
